The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-07
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and led him ashore.
A MAN in Wilton, N. H. sold colt ten OF
twelve years ago to man in Fitchburg, Mass,
and never saw it again until the other day when
it ran away from its owner and trotted into its
old stable twenty miles away
The Carson Nev) Tribune says: Twenty
years ago not q singing bird, except in cages
could be heard in Eagle valley, and now the
warblings of the wild songsters can be heard
from early morn till long after shutdown.
A GERMAN ENGINEER named Henkels has in.
vented window-pane through which a room
can be ventilated without admittinga draught.
To every square metre Of glass there are 5000
holes, conical in shape and widening toward
the side. These panes have been adopted in
many of the German hospitals
A CRAZY socIABLE'' took place in Trumbull
county, O., recently. The butter was brought
in handcuffed to bull dog, the cheese was
choroformed to prevent escape the coffee was
served with a straw, the meat came in imitation
of boot and shoe soleS, and the biscuits were
loaded and unloaded from plate to plate by
means of derricks.
THE body of Maj. Mauroff aide-de-camp to
the Governor General of Odessa, Russia, was
buried with military honors forty hours after
his supposed death. A fortnight later it was
found face downward in the coffin with the
flesh gnawed from the hands, and as the corpse
was still bleeding it is supposed that the major
lived until the day of his discovery.
AN Arizona owl, having selected perch
under the cornice of house as the spot for de-
vouring his nightly catch of scorpions left in a
week so large a quantity of remnants as to prove
he must have destroyed the reptiles by the score
every night, and of course the yard about the
house and the garden were correspondingly
thinned of these most unpleasant creatures
In some parts of the wine district of France
the church bells are tolled when there is likely
TO be frost severe enough to hurt the vines
The inhabitants at once hurry out of their
houses and place quantities of tar between the
the tar, and in few minutes dense cloud of
smoke arises which completely protects the
vines from the frost
THAT was a very short sentence imposed in
France few days since. A woman was ar
rested for bigamy, her two husbands appearing
as witnesses. They were both worthless fellows.
who had conspired to send her to prison. The
Judge, after looking at the two husbands,
thought that 1t was crime which carried its
own punishment with it, and sentenced her to
be imprisoned for five minutes.
THE remarkable fact that Senator Cameron
the other day took his baby from the perambu-
lator and carried it into his house in his arms,
so astonished Washington correspondent that
it forms the burden of his narrative. The spec
tacle of the great unbending is always impress
Sive, but the correspondent was almost as much
astonished as was Mr. Pepys when he called
upon the Duke of York and as. he recorded
with awe, found him playing with his children
like common father"
ANOTHER new fashion in Philadelphia is the
engagement dinner at which the father or
nearest male relative of the lady usually makes
the announcement at the close of the dinner, and
a pretty practice sometimes INDUCED is for each
n nd tIpOu Of 4Ia,
fiancee, who is thus met with a rose shower
from all sides of the table "On this occasion, -
reports an observer. 'the bridegroom elect often
kisses his mother-n-law-elect, and the father of
the Benedict in turn kisses the tiancee''
AMONG the trees of Arkansas are some which
have peculiar properties, the Ohio buckeye, for
instance. The fruit and roots of this tree are
used by Indians on their fishing excursions
They put the roots and fruit in a bag and drag
the latter through the water. In an hour or so
the fish rise to the surface dead Cattle die
after eating of the fruit or leaves Man eats the
fruit of the papaw; hogs won't. Ropes and
mats are made of its bark. The fruit and bark
of the bay tree are used for medicinal PURPOSES
They are supposed to be cure for rheumatism
and intermittent fever
THE fund for the monument to Theodore Par
ker over his grave in Florence, Italy, is growing
steadily. Contributions come from all parts OF
the world Sonora Conception Arenal, the
ing: Parker died far from the spot where he
was born, but he does not lie in foreign land
The country of such man is the whole earth
MIR. Edward Wavrinsky sends a contribution
from Stockholm, Sweden. Some discussion has
arisen concerning the design of the monument
1t seems now to be settled that the original plain
and simple structure, which accords with Mr.
Parkers own taste, shall be preserved with the
addition OF bronze bust or medallion.
A CONSTABLE in Lincoln. Neb, went to the
house of prisoner in jail for cruelty to his
wife in order to notify the mans wife when to
appear in court The prisoner in the mean
while had effected his escape and came home
In time to ind the constables team hitched I'D
outside. He cut the horses loose and scared
them away. and then began stoning the house
The constable was still outside and began firing
at the man. They grappled, and the constable
was terribly struck with club A fight for
life then took place that lasted in the darkness
and rain TIL 3 o'clock in the morning The con-
stables skull was fractured, and he is beaten
and bruised beyond recognition and cannot re-
cover. The prisoner flung one stone through
the window and killed his own child.
"THE King of Italy is not of the same mind,
as either the late unhappy Ludwig of Bavaria
or the Queen Of England" says the Pail Mall
Gazette. king Humbert objects to taking his
pleasures at shows and exhibitions as a solitary;
he likes his people to be present and share them
with him. At the opening of the exhibition at
Venice the King gave expression to his disap-
pointment at the loneliness and emptiness of the
halls. An official told him that the public had
been kept out from loyal consideration for the
comfort of himself and the Queen. L am sorry
for this, said his ,1ajesty, though you have
done it in good part; it is my belief that the
King belongs to the PEOPLE as well as the people
to the King Before leaving the exhibition he
required to the subject, again expressing his
deep regret. i hope that none of you believe
SAID he that am the sort of man who is shy of
being seen among the people. have no grounds
whatever for such feeling"
ACCORDING TO the Vienna Taqblatt, the Cars
highest aim is to be crowned Emperor OF
Asia" on the site Of the Holy Sepulchre at Je-
rusalem. The Crimean War had its origin in
the quarrels over the holy places in Palestine.
and was continuation of the conflict between
East and West which the CrlIsades left still UNI
settled. Every step of the Russians toward
Constantinople is thus step toward Jerusalem
1t is of great significance that the Emperor AL
eXander I'LL confides much more upon the
power OF religious enthusiasm than either of his
predecessors did. He wishes to procure a more
official and ostentatious conservation of his re-
hgiols authority, and to have his position en-
phaslzed rs the supreme protector of the East
ern churches and the orthodox faith, and so
rally all the Greek-Oriental churches and peo-
pies around the person and office of the Car as
the Constantine and Justinian of the modern
world. This bold project has been long in prep
aration, is never lost sight of in any diplomatic
movement, and no sacrifice of money is thought
too great to secure this end. Numbers of set
Elements of Eastern monks, of apparently
harmless and unpretendmg character have
been and are being founded and Russia finds
the money for the purchase of the land.
THE derivation of this word is very interesting